Archomental

Archomentals are powerful exemplary beings of the Elemental Planes and rulers over the elementals. Although they are not truly rulers of their planes, archomentals like to consider themselves as much and often grant themselves regal titles like Prince or Princess. They are compared in the source material to the archfiends or celestial paragons, and are considered the elemental equivalent of such beings.

Evil archomentals

The evil archomentals are collectively known as the Princes of Elemental Evil. The five most famous include:

• Cryonax: Prince of Evil Cold Creatures

• Imix: Prince of Evil Fire Creatures

• Ogrémoch: Prince of Evil Earth Creatures

• Olhydra: Princess of Evil Water Creatures

• Yan-C-Bin: Prince of Evil Air Creatures

Two further archomentals, Uzrith of Earth and Alyolvoy of Water, are mentioned in "The Mud Sorcerer's Tomb" in Dungeon #37. They are powerful and possessive evil elemental beings who created at least one of seven magical vessels called the Ships of Earth and Sea, which have the ability to move on the earth and underwater as well as on the surface of the sea. The two are fierce rivals of one another.

Good archomentals

The good archomentals are collectively known as the Elemental Princes of Good. The four most famous include:

• Ben-hadar: Prince of Good Water Creatures

• Chan: Princess of Good Air Creatures

• Sunnis: Princess of Good Earth Creatures

• Zaaman Rul: Prince of Good Fire Creatures

Para-archomentals

Three other archomentals are first mentioned in Manual of the Planes (1987).

• Bwimb: Prince of Ooze Creatures

• Chlimbia: Prince of Magma Creatures

• Ehkahk: Prince of Smoke Creatures

Quasi-archomentals

Similar beings ruling the quasielementals include:

• Gazra, "the Shifting Emperor," a lord of the quasielemental plane of Ash.
• Crystalle, Lord of Minerals, the most powerful of the mineral quasielementals.
• Alu Kahn Sang, a chaotic evil dust quasielemental. This High General or the Wind of Destruction leads a legion of other dust quasielementals on a campaign of destruction and violence.
• Ty-h'kadi, Prince of Thunder and Lightning, Lord of Storm Elementals.
• Sun Sing, Viceroy of the Vacuum.

Creative origins

The Elemental Princes of Evil were created by Lewis Pulsipher for the 1981 Fiend Folio. The Elemental Princes of Good were created by Monte Cook for the 1998 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III.

References

Bibliography

• Baur, Wolfgang. "A Gathering of Winds." Dungeon #129. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.
• Cook, Monte. "Four in Darkness: A Guide to Elemental Evil." Dragon #285. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2001.

———. Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.

———. Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2001.

• Cook, Monte, and William W. Connors. The Inner Planes. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
• Grubb, Jeff. Manual of the Planes. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1987.
• Grubb, Jeff, Bruce R. Cordell, and David Noonan. Manual of the Planes. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2001.
• Jacobs, James. "Spawn of Elemental Evil." Dragon #285. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2001.
• Jansing, Eric, and Kevin Baase. "Princes of Elemental Evil: The Archomentals." Dragon #347. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2006.

———. "Princes of Elemental Good: The Archomentals, Part II." Dragon #353. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2007.

• Kestral, Gwendolyn, et al. Monster Manual IV. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2006.
• Mearls, Mike, Greg Bilsand, and Robert J. Schwalb. Monster Manual 3. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2010.
• Mentzer, Frank. Egg of the Phoenix. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1982.
• Mentzer, Frank, and Paul Jaquays. Egg of the Phoenix. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1987.
• Mona, Erik. "The Whispering Cairn." Dungeon #124. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.
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Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

Topic	Type	Description	Product	Page/Card/Image
Archomentals	Deity		Dragon magazine #347	29-41, 76
Archomentals	Deity		Manual of the Planes, AD&D 1e	35, 40, 45, 49, 53
Archomentals	Deity		Oerth Journal #11	12
Archomentals	Deity		Reference	SEE Elemental Princes of Evil
Elemental Princes of Evil	Deity		Deities & Demigods (1st & 2nd printing), AD&D 1e	105
Elemental Princes of Evil	Deity		Deities & Demigods (3rd+ printing), AD&D 1e	90
Elemental Princes of Evil	Deity		Dragon magazine #347	29-41
Elemental Princes of Evil	Deity		Fiend Folio, AD&D 1e	31-33
Elemental Princes of Evil	Deity		Legends & Lore, AD&D 1e	90
Elemental Princes of Evil	Deity		Manual of the Planes, AD&D 1e	15, 25, 35, 39, 40, 45, 49, 53
Elemental Princes of Evil	Deity		Reference	SEE ALSO Archomentals